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Dugdale, now of Cheltenham Place, Greenbank, denied conspiracy to supply the Class A drug between July 2016 and October 2017. She was convicted by a unanimous verdict.

Jailing her for four and a half years, Judge James Townsend said: “You had a significant function within the chain in the sense that the properties where you were living were being used to store large quantities of drugs.

David Buckingham (Image: Penny Cross)

“Clearly you were aware this was a significant drug operation, though you would have been directed by Stephen Moore.”

The judge said he was discounting her sentence from the starting point of eight years for her personal mitigation, saying he recognised the impact jail would have on her and her children.

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Police carried out a search warrant at Dugdale and Buckingham’s new home in Bayswater Road in Stonehouse a few weeks later.

This time the officers found about 30 grams of heroin hidden about the property, with a street value of more than £2,500. DNA matching that of Dugdale was found on a plastic bag containing heroin under a mattress.

Drugs seized from the home of Lucy Dugdale and David Buckingham (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)

Judge Townsend said the lists suggested that drugs worth £10,000 were sold from the two flats, though the amount was probably far higher.